Fashion tips: Look fab after 40

Long Island native Lois Joy Johnson, 63, gives wardrobe tips for women over 40 in her new book, "The Wardrobe Wakeup: Your Guide to Looking Fabulous at Any Age" (Running Press, $23).
The book has scores of tips for women on how to look good as their lives -- and bodies -- shift (and, yes, sometimes sag). Instead of models, she's got photos of 18 friends and colleagues of a certain age who've all "survived trends, fads, weight changes, husbands, jobs, grown-up kids and life's little lemons with wit and style," she declares.
Here, Lois-approved pieces for a new you.

Tip: Look for cowls, scoop- and moderate V-necks to elongate the neck. Lucky Brand’s print top with slit scoop neck; originally $79.50, now $49.99 at Lucky Brand shops, Garden City and Manhattan.

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Tip: Look for cowls, scoop- and moderate V-necks to elongate the neck. Diane von Furstenberg silk/spandex V-neck top, with pleating around the neck
and cuffs; $225 at select Bloomingdale’s and bloomingdales.com.

Tip: "Wear one color head-to-toe." It’s quick and fool-proof. “What-goes-with-what is never an issue and you always look longer and slimmer,” writes Johnson. It doesn’t have to be a suit (pair separates in the same color family) or this bright (navy and neutrals are great for more traditional souls), but we couldn’t resist Josie Natori’s mandarin-collar jacket in orchid, $550, and cropped pant, $350, in Italian stretch cotton; at natori.com.